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Sweet Love Round-up and MM #8 Theme

Well if you are not a bunch of romantic foodies at heart I do not know who is. I am not going to believe any of you if you tell me you are a Valentine's grump. If you were, this round of the Monthly Mingle has definitely converted you.

There are so many new faces to this Monthly Mingle that it was truly a delight discovering all the new blogs. It was a pleasure seeing my old friends and regulars to the Monthly Mingle too. I cannot imagine mingling without you all.

I know you are all waiting to get to the round-up so I present to you how we bloggers celebrate the sweetest love.

Autres délicesMarie-Laure and her boyfriend are not chocolate fans but still love the sweet things Valentine's day offers. She comes along with moist looking Chestnut Madeleines.

Lucullian DelightsMy lovely friend Ilva is not only known for her breathtaking pictures but also for her wonderfully original recipes. I was so glad she took time to come and join the mingle. She brings fantastic looking Orange and Ginger Jellies.

One Hot StoveAn honor indeed. Nupur joins us for this mingle for the first time and with her fantastic and refreshing looking Lemon-Poppy Seed Cake my doors are always open for her.

The Passionate CookThere are two people I am dedicating this Monthly Mingle to. The first one is the gorgeous Johanna. Those of you who read her blog often will know that she just gave birth to a gorgeous looking Henrik (thanks for the pics Johanna), her third child. She also found time to to make Chocolate Pudding and join us at the mingle. Please raise you pink champagne glasses for a toast to this awesome woman! Thank you!

Food Lover's JourneyAnh makes a heartwarming gift to her best friend who recently got married. Her Lover's Knots symbolizes the wonderful relationship. If that is not perfect for Valentine's!

KüchenlateinUlrike is my favorite German Blogger and I am always so happy to see her at my mingles. The fact that she always brings along great dishes plays a little role too LOL! This time it's no different. She brings Warm chocolate brownies with Baileys sauce. Spoon! Any one seen my spoon!

YambalayaIsis is the second person I would like to dedicate the mingle to. Ever since I started the Monthly Mingle she has not missed one. It did not matter where she was in this world and how busy she was, Isis always found a way to come over for a bit of fun and laughter. This time was no different. Scuba diving in the South of France is nice, but she rushed home to share her Valentine's Breakfast in Blue. Happy Birthday gorgeous!

TartletteSweet Helene's blog is one of my regular reads. I love her recipes, that's why I am glad she came over to join us. She brings along some brilliant Cranberry and Cream Scones. Luscious.

Cream Puffs in VeniceMy sweetest friend Ivonne, it's such a pleasure to see you! Just as you all would expect, Ivonne brings one of the most creamiest dreamiest desserts I know Coeur à la Crème and I am eating my heart out. Oh man! Being the hostess I have to share this with you ;-). Thanks Ivonne!

I hope I did not miss anyone in the roundup. With a little under 40 entries this was a lot of work but so much fun. So, if I did miss anyone please let me know and I would be glad to update the list. For those of you who made it too late for the event, sorry I had to turn you down but here is an idea. Simply post the link of your recipe into the comments section of this round-up.

Monthly Mingle #8Are you all ready for the next theme?Well I think we had some what of a pleasant sugar shock with Sweet Love so I thought I'd take it in the other direction for the next round. Wait! I am still thinking cakes though and this is what I thought we can create - Savory Cakes.

Take out your loaf pans and beat up a batter. Replace sugar with salt, chocolate chips with bacon, fruit with cheese, whatever you go for it has to be savory and a cake. Be creative, be bold, try something new and bring it along to the Monthly Mingle - Savory Cakes.

Here's how it works:

Create a dish that fits this theme. Blog about it anytime from now till March 15th, 2007.

Email me your entry with your name, the name of your blog and your permalink by March 15th, 2007.

In your post please include a link to this post and/or the MM logo, so your readers get a chance to mingle with us.

Please send only one entry per blog. If you do not have a blog, simply email your entry, with a picture (if you would like me to add a picture) to blogmeeta@gmail.com.

Awesome round up Meeta. Its just Perfect, I really liked the slide show a lot. You really deserve a lot of Appreication for your hard work. Would definitely take part in the next Mingle..Happy Valentine's Day-Sushma

My oh my! What great entries, I think my hubby will not be on food restriction much longer. Some of these entries are just calling out to me, to be tried. I am happy you don't ask us to vote, impossible. They all look fantastic.

As always you have done a great round-up. I am honoured that you dedicated the MM#7 to two of your bloggy friends, including me. What a nice way of sending love. All the more now I am glad that I managed to participate.

Hi Meeta, that round up is enough to send anyone into the kitchen :-)I wish I had participated....About the next theme - do you mean cakes as in baked ones or something like crab cakes would do too? Cheers

Hi Everyone thanks for all the motivation. As many were having trouble re-sizing their photos to the required size I decided to do the slide show. Which I too really liked. Ashwini I mean actual cakes, with batter and all. No crab cakes or vegetable patties etc. Real cakes that are out inot cake tins ;-)

Happy V-Day Meeta ! It was really sweet to see all those sweet love served in a slide show particularly on a a V-Day morning. Quite obvious that its lot of work but u have done a good job here :)Enjoy!

Hey folks! Glad you are all enjoying the roundup. If you have anything that fits the theme just go ahead and paste it here. This way we can expand this wonderful list for all the sugar high freaks among us. I believe I am talking to ohhh let's say 98% of us! LOL!

My My !Meeta your are really genious. Its must have taken lot of time for you to wind up this Monthly Mingle..great job! ALl the entries all tempting me to get in to my apron! Thanks for including my recipe ...looking forward to next mingle.

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Hello, I am Meeta a freelance food photographer, stylist and writer living in the cuturally rich city of Weimar, Germany with my husband and our son, where I enjoy preparing multi-cultural home cooked meals with fresh organic ingredients. What's for lunch, Honey? is my award winning food blog where I combine my love for food with my love for photography and styling...